Most of the adults that were moving around the gardens were already fully occupied with whatever it is they were doing. Octavius didn’t want to interrupt them and break concentration, so he took to observing, figuring that after a while he’d just copy whatever it was that they were doing. So far it looked as if the only good thing for him to do would be the destruction of some of the falling apart structures. That way he couldn’t screw up the plants until he had someone there to physically instruct him on how to do things. Naniko, Alaki and Aeron would not be happy with him if he just up and decided to break all of their plants…it just wouldn’t be a good idea at all.
Before the boy could move towards one of the smaller structures, what looked like a dilapidated and collapsing shed, a soft and rather timid voice came from behind him. Ears flicking back, the fluffy white one turned and took in the female, smiling happily. He was always cheerful when meeting another Luperci that was his age…unless they were openly being mean, of course. This girl looked and smelled familiar, like…Alaki? Huh, that was weird. Octa hadn’t thought that her mother’s good friend had any children, but of course he was wrong. That only showed that he needed to pay attention to his pack mates more often.
Shifting slightly on his feet, he lifted and dropped his already wide set shoulders in a shrug. This girl was pretty small compared to his tall frame, but she looked sturdy and strong, despite her young age. The grin grew wider as he looked over her fur, admiring the splashes of colors. Being all white, with the occasional hint of silver…was very boring, in his mind. To be a colorful creature? It was beautiful, and something that he wished he possessed. ”I think…maybe we could help by taking that down,” He pointed towards the falling shed, walking over to it and giving one side a rough shove. The boards creaked and groaned, a few bending under the weight of his hand.
Nodding slowly, he waved the girl over and tapped the wood again. ”I guess we just pull the boards off? Maybe stack them up…some of them could be used again.” Stretching up to stand on his toes, he began pulling and tugging on the roof pieces, wanting to get them off first so they didn’t fall on and hurt the smaller female. ”I’m Octavius, by the way. Naniko is my momma…is Alaki your daddy?”
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